Wilmar Paredes Explained

Wilmar Paredes
Fullname:	Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata
Birth Date:	27 April 1996
Birth Place:	Medellín, Colombia
Height:	1.79 m
Weight:	66 kg
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	All-rounder
Amateuryears1:	2015
Proyears1:	2016–2019
Proteam1:	^[1] ^[2]
Proyears2:	2023–
Show-Medals:	no

Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .^[3] He was provisionally suspended from the sport for four years from February 2019 to February 2023. He competed as a junior at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the men's under-23 road race. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.^[4]

In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019.^[5] folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.^[6]

Major results

Track

2014

2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships

2016

1st Team pursuit, Pan American Championships

Road

2014

1st Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships

2015

5th Road race, Pan American Under-23 Championships

2017

1st Young rider classification, Circuit de la Sarthe

1st Mountains classification, Tour des Fjords

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia

2nd Klasika Primavera

2018

3rd Klasika Primavera

6th Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira

7th La Roue Tourangelle

10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

1st Young rider classification

2023

2nd Overall Vuelta al Sur 8th Overall Vuelta a Formosa

2024

1st Overall Jamaica International Cycling Classic

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 1 Vuelta Bantrab

2nd Gran Premio New York City

3rd Overall Tour of the Gila

1st Mountains classification

1st Stages 1 & 5

3rd Road race, Pan American Road Championships

Notes and References

News: Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad. Cyclingnews.com. 29 November 2017. 29 January 2018.
News: Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019. Spanish. The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019. El Espectador. Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A.. 18 January 2019. 21 January 2019.
Web site: Team Medellin - EPM (CT) 2023 . ProCyclingStats . 12 January 2023.
News: Dia 1 Panamericano Elite 2016 Aguascalientes . FMC . Spanish . 5 October 2016 . 6 October 2016.
News: Manzana Postobon cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive. Cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2019. 9 July 2019.
News: Manzana Postobon fold with immediate effect after doping cases. Cyclingnews.com. 25 May 2019. 9 July 2019.